Weather Records on 3 April 2013

847 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 2013. Highest significance: Llano, US.

Key Facts for 3 April 2013

On 3 April 2013, 847 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 465 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 805 daily.
Llano set a daily record precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 3 April 2013.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

847 stations

847 station records on 3 April 2013 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 2013: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Begumpet Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Legune	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse Hancock Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prilep	Macedonia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Spicewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wisley	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
St Francisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bardwell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brazos	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plentywood	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Calico Rock 2 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Intl	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Creek 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Follett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.4 C (18.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

847 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 2013 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 333, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 193, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 39.

Records on 3 April 2013 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	333
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	193
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	39

Records on 3 April 2013 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 41, daily 805.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

685 broken records

Margins by which the 685 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 2013

Top 20 records on 3 April 2013 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 2013	Llano, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	91 years	71 of 100 (Major)
3 April 2013	Hamilton, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Begumpet Obsy, IN	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Rison, US	monthly low max	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	114 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Legune, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Pocahontas 1, US	monthly low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	114 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Smithville, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Prilep, MK	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Hardy, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	113 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Spicewood, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Yokohama, JP	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Wisley, GB	daily low max	3.1 C (37.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Dumas, US	monthly low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	84 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Mena, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Corning, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	113 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	St Francisville, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Huntsville, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 2013	Haskell, US	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1815 to 2013

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 2013. 2013 had 847 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1830	1
1838	1
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	4
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	4
1880	2
1881	5
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	2
1898	3
1899	6
1900	12
1901	15
1902	2
1903	14
1904	2
1905	20
1906	9
1907	8
1908	14
1909	17
1910	25
1911	26
1912	19
1913	41
1914	28
1915	47
1916	159
1917	48
1918	20
1919	29
1920	60
1921	108
1922	24
1923	80
1924	207
1925	94
1926	205
1927	85
1928	378
1929	582
1930	148
1931	224
1932	308
1933	269
1934	732
1935	464
1936	1,264
1937	308
1938	216
1939	325
1940	500
1941	308
1942	334
1943	478
1944	760
1945	1,032
1946	683
1947	421
1948	313
1949	354
1950	713
1951	487
1952	243
1953	290
1954	1,051
1955	472
1956	842
1957	660
1958	591
1959	537
1960	506
1961	665
1962	353
1963	1,010
1964	615
1965	561
1966	437
1967	439
1968	446
1969	345
1970	572
1971	590
1972	732
1973	417
1974	877
1975	2,015
1976	340
1977	898
1978	498
1979	997
1980	713
1981	1,264
1982	1,183
1983	832
1984	1,046
1985	804
1986	634
1987	1,577
1988	975
1989	951
1990	1,018
1991	719
1992	1,974
1993	812
1994	574
1995	675
1996	736
1997	1,155
1998	1,051
1999	1,486
2000	1,167
2001	890
2002	1,190
2003	971
2004	840
2005	1,138
2006	776
2007	874
2008	935
2009	1,008
2010	1,325
2011	1,491
2012	1,027
2013	847
2014	796
2015	528
2016	637
2017	570
2018	1,085
2019	535
2020	916
2021	1,250
2022	721
2023	1,289
2024	1,027
2025	1,476
2026	725

Download the Data

Data for records on 2013-04-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	625
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	3